“…… Be careful, if you don't obey again, I'll tell you tomorrow about the teacher. ”

“…… No matter how busy you are at work, you still have to eat, don't get sick with stomach problems. ”

School?

Job?

These seemed to be things that were far away from him.

A man in his early thirties, strolling along the banks of the Wang'an River, which runs through the city of Wang'an, without a purpose.

He is an elite investigator in Wang'an City, the Investigation Bureau, and he has been busy all this time.

However, the above chose to give a group of elite investigators a half-day vacation at this time - even if Wang'an City has been calm recently, the investigators stationed in Wang'an City are not only responsible for Wang'an City, but also the surrounding provinces and cities.

He had taken a half-day off in the afternoon and could return by twelve o'clock in the evening.

At noon, when he suddenly realized that he had half a day to make his own decisions, he was a little dazed.

Some of the investigators whose parents were still there chose to go home for a family meal, while others who wanted to go to a different place chose to go to a different place.

The Bureau of Anomalies will also find a way to get them there as soon as possible.

His words, without a father or mother, only the impression of a very model lake in his hometown is left, and in the absence of a task, he doesn't know where to go when he leaves the door of the Abnormal Adjustment Bureau.

In the past, when there was a vacation scheduled for him, he always chose to stay in the Abnormal Tone Bureau, in his room.

This time he wanted to do the same.

But his superiors saw his confusion and said to him,

If you can't find a place to go, you can go to the downtown area of Wang'an City and see the place they have been guarding.

He agreed, and walked along the Wang'an River.

As an investigator, when he was dealing with some special things and twisting monsters, his figure had appeared in many places in Wang'an City.

But basically there is no such slow idle look at Wang'an City.

His hometown is far away from here, and he didn't know anything about it before joining the Anomaly.

Now that I look at Anshi, I feel that she seems to be a little different from what I know.

The big river that meanders through the city of Wang'an next to it is the mother river of Wang'an City, which he knows.

At this moment, on the Wang'an River, the river flows calmly, and the river surface is sparkling.

The great river that was once flooded is still as calm as it has always been.

Beside him, from time to time some pedestrians walked by,

A mother carrying a child's cartoon schoolbag, greeting the bouncing and happy child,

A young man carried a pack of noodles back and spoke to his mother on the phone.

“…… Mom, I want to eat this. ”

"Just eaten, and you're hungry again? I see that you can't eat for a while, so I'll settle the account for you......"

"I can ...... eat"

“…… I see, Mom. ”

"Did you put it to eat tonight?"

"I'm eating, then Mom, that's it, I'll eat first."

"Then you eat first...... When are you coming back? There seems to be some problems with the TV at home, when will you come back to help take a look, you know that mom doesn't understand these ......"

"Hmm...... Mom, then I'll hang up first......"

Thanks to the body that has taken potions many times,

The mother and child who followed the child to the side of the food stall whispered to each other,

And the young man was talking to his mother on the phone, and the voice on the phone,

He could hear it all acutely.

The man slowed his pace and turned to look at the passerby,

It seems that some understand why the investigator suggested that he go out for a walk.

It's not so much that he's too far away from these,

It's better to say that he is a little far away from these normal orders.

I'm always busy with different tasks, and every time I arrive at a place, what I see is bound to be abnormal.

The normal order did not seem to be so concrete in his mind, but gradually abstracted into a symbol.

The Abnormal Bureau exists to guard the order, how can you even forget the specific appearance of the normal order?

He thought, his pace slowed down, and he simply stopped here on the side of the road on the bank of the Wang'an River,

I sat down down the steps by the side of the road, and here I looked at the passers-by in a bit of a daze.

The pedestrians passing by here have not been affected in any way.

They are still living their ordinary lives, thinking about what will happen today and tomorrow, thinking about what to eat next, and at the same time making long-term plans and thinking about the future.

In his words, he rarely thinks about the future, and he knows that he probably won't live to turn the future into the present.

Turning his head slightly, the man looked at the passers-by in a distracted manner.

He saw a vendor pushing a cart out to set up a stall, and he was already greeting customers while he was spreading.

He saw that the aunt who came out for a walk went to the supermarket by the way, and the acquaintances passing by were talking about the supermarket's chili pepper today is five cents cheaper.

I saw a mother pushing a stroller and greeting a familiar friend.

The two men who had drunk too much wine supported each other, scolded the heavens and the earth, and finally received a call from their daughter-in-law, and slapped themselves to want to be sober, and took several breaths before picking up the phone, as if they were afraid that the phone could also be passed over to the wine table.

He saw the people in the car say goodbye to the people under the bus, and watched the bus full of people come and go.

I saw an old man who was a little enthusiastic again, sitting down next to him with his legs propped up,

After learning from him to look at the pedestrians on the road, greet him,

"Young man, what's going on? I don't think you're happy, huh? ”

The man turned his head, looked at the old man, and shook his head,

"Not going well at work?"

The man shook his head,

"Girlfriend broke up?"

"I don't have a girlfriend and I don't have a wife."

"Then Uncle Yi Tian will introduce you to one."

"That is, homesick?"

The man shook his head.

"That's sick? It's sick, young man, don't be afraid if you're sick, don't be afraid of any illness now, isn't there a new medicine now? I'll tell you, it really works......"

The man listened to the old man's words, a smile appeared on his face, and he shook his head at the old man,

"I'm fine."

"Are you really alright?"

"Well, I just want to sit here and watch."

"I'm tired, so you can sit here and rest...... Don't say it, it's still weird and interesting to sit here and watch. ”

The old man saw that the man was probably fine, and after sitting here and looking left and right for a while, he got up and left.

The man sat here, looking at the pedestrians coming and going, looking at the calm world, the world under normal order,

His gaze gradually flickered again.

I also think about my life.

He has always felt that he is a very ordinary person.

Before I became an investigator, I was ordinary, and after I became an investigator, I didn't show any special talent.

There is no special wisdom, and there is no special courage.

There is no particularly strong will.

It's been a long time since I've been an investigator, and I'm busy again and again, and it seems that life and death are far away.

After becoming an investigator, his code name was 'Normal'.

He felt that he was a very ordinary, even mediocre person, as an investigator.

His thoughts were a little far away,

He found the oldest memory in his mind, he was probably three or four years old, or younger.

His grandfather came back from outside on his bicycle, and brought back a little smoked pig's head meat, maybe only two or three taels, and only a small piece of pinched everything.

The grandfather and grandson sat under the eaves and ate separately.

I was probably happy at the time, so I made a note of this image in my mind.

In his memory, his grandfather's face was already blurred, and the taste of the pig's head meat was not right.

I just remember being happy and happy at that time......

Later, his grandfather died.

He grew up eating 100 family meals.

There are also readings.

It's just that he doesn't have much talent for reading, and he can't go up or down.

Later, when he got older, some people in the village suggested that he go to the army.

And he went.

Then, by chance, he entered the Abnormal Tune Bureau.

Before entering the Abnormal Bureau, I was faced with a choice.

The investigator had made it clear to him that he would not survive an average of more than two years after joining the Bureau.

But in the end, he chose to join.

It's not because of any great sentiments, it's just that he has no worries and no relatives.

I just want to get in touch with a little more mystical power, plus a little self-sacrificing 'heroism', as if he is a hero in this way.

Thinking of this, he suddenly remembered his old superior.

When they first joined the Bureau of Anomalies, they were accompanied by an elite investigator.

He was not the first to take the Potion of Success, nor the first to reach the elite investigators.

I just remember that when he told the elite investigator his code name, the old superior was stunned for a moment, and then smiled and said that this is a good code name.

At the time, he didn't know what was good.

Later, not long after he officially took potions and became an investigator, he was no longer under the elite investigator.

Then came the news of the death of the elite investigator.

When the mound was buried, he also went to see it.

The comrades-in-arms who went with him at the time also told him that this was their inevitable end.

And not long after, that comrade was also killed.

Sacrifice, death, is something that happens almost every day in the Heterogeneous Bureau.

Because the crises they face are never symmetrical.

It's like the asymmetry of a monster called 'God'.

When there is a powerful monster and a special event that requires at least several elite investigators to deal with,

With only one elite investigator, or even only a few ordinary investigators, who can be drawn over, can they just be left alone and not dealt with?

The Bureau of Anomalies has always been short of people...... In this case, sacrifice is inevitable.

When they became investigators, they were told by the Bureau of Investigation.

If you feel that your beliefs are not strong enough, you can use special items to help them solidify their beliefs.

But when faced with some powerful monsters, it may not still be effective.

He never felt that he was a person with strong beliefs, so he chose to solidify his beliefs with special items.

Later, he also encountered many powerful monsters, perhaps because the solidified beliefs at that time were still in effect, and his will and beliefs had not been distorted or collapsed.

He didn't give up on the mission of the Anomaly.

The ordinary investigator looked at the streets of Wang'an City in front of him, and couldn't stop thinking about it.

His journey from investigator to elite investigator took a lot of time, even relatively long.

He knew that some investigators, who were obviously better than him, had died in a hurry by taking potions.

They have a stronger will, a greater ability and wisdom, and even a purer conviction than him.

Didn't they know that they would be sacrificed in such a hurry...... But more often than not, there won't be so much time left for them.

There is a shortage of personnel in the Bureau of Abnormal Investigation, and there is a shortage of personnel above the elite investigators.

Or it was the haste of these people that allowed him, a stupid and less determined fellow, to have more time to get to where he was now.

Last night, a notice from the bureau came down,

In order to cope with the next crisis, there needs to be more personnel at the senior investigator stage in a short period of time.

In fact, the time it took for the investigators of the Bureau of Anomalies to grow up in potions had been compressed, and it was already a short time.

And in a short period of time, the investigators can only be replaced purely by life.

And ordinary investigators are too far away from senior investigators, and they are not qualified to fight for their lives.

Only elite investigators are qualified to fight for their lives.

It just so happens that he has this qualification.

When he saw the announcement last night, he didn't have a choice right away.

But there have been Elite Investigators who have applied to take potions again in the short term—it is impossible for every Elite Investigator or most of them to fight for their lives like this.

There are also a plethora of special events, and warped monsters require a large number of elite investigators to deal with.

He didn't know,

Will I choose to fight like this in the end?

He is still afraid of death sometimes, and even a little afraid of pain.

But he has nothing to worry about, and it is also a good choice to go on an adventure.

He thought of a comrade-in-arms whose parents were still there, and if he came to fight for his life, he would be able to snatch away the comrade-in-arms' qualification to fight.

'Usual' sat here on the roadside steps for a long time, distracted until the night fell completely, and the earth was enveloped.

The lights of the city come on and dot in different parts of the city.

After a long time, he moved again, and then stood up,

Ready to turn around and return in the direction you came from,

But after looking left and right, I saw two fortune-telling stalls not far away, by the Wang'an River,

There was a long queue in front of one stall and no one in front of the other.

He thought about it, didn't want to stand in line, and walked towards the empty stall.

……

"What do you call it?"

"Ordinary."

"Sit down."

Jing Chen sat behind the stall and watched the man who had been sitting on the side of the road for half the night walk to the stall,

asked, and handed over a stool.

The man shook his head,

"No, I'll be gone soon."

Jing Chen set the stool aside.

"What do you want to ask?"

"You want to ask me if I can succeed in the future?"

After asking, the ordinary investigator couldn't help but smile to himself.

Next, the gentleman, the master, should ask what happened next.

He felt for some change in his pocket, and was ready to pay for the fortune telling.

As an elite investigator of the Abnormal Investigation Bureau, to the mysterious and powerful person who probably exists in Wang'an City,

He had some vague understanding, but the more explicit information was not clear.

At this moment, facing Jing Chen, this ordinary investigator is only facing the mentality of an ordinary fortune teller.

He came here just to please a good omen.

In other words, it doesn't count as a good omen, but I just want to find someone to say something to me.

- Investigators believe in themselves more than good or bad signs.

"Yes."

When this man stood here, Jing Chen saw the future of this man.

Naturally, I also saw that this man was an elite investigator of the Abnormal Investigation Bureau.

"Ordinary investigators."

The man was slightly stunned when he heard the gentleman's short answer,

Then, when he heard Jing Chen's name for him, he was a little stunned.

However, soon a lot of things were connected, and there was naturally some speculation.

can directly reveal his identity, and he is not an investigator.

Now in Wang'an City, it is either the Divine Apocalypse Organization, or the somewhat mysterious and powerful person.

He has not yet seen the people of the Apocalypse,

But the mysterious powerful one is more likely.

"Thank you for your good words. I don't know how to pay for the hexagram. ”

After being stunned for a moment, the ordinary investigator came back to his senses, and did not go to the aisle to reveal the identity of this gentleman, nor did he ask more.

Just smiled a little and thanked the gentleman.

In fact, from the moment he got up, he had already made a decision.

Even if the gentleman says he will fail, he will not give up his choice.

"Just give it as usual."

Jing Chen responded.

"I only came out with some change."

The ordinary investigator took out all the change he had brought out of his pocket, folded them together, and bent down to put them on Jing Chen's stall.

"I hope you don't mind, sir."

Jing Chen just shook his head and didn't speak again.

The ordinary investigator straightened up again,

After saying goodbye to Jing Chen, he turned around and walked away.